By Islamuddin Sajid
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan on Saturday expressed its condolences for the casualties caused by a blast at a coal mine in northern Turkey.
While offering condolences, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed profound sadness over the loss of precious lives in an explosion at a coal mine in Bartin province.
"Our thoughts & prayers are with the bereaved families & the Turkish people. May those still trapped are rescued at the earliest," he tweeted.
At least 40 workers were killed and 11 others were injured in the Friday blast at a coal mine in the Amasra district of the province.
According to Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, 58 of the 110 miners were rescued.